kelvin

Summary

kelvin is a SI base unit^[1]. kelvin draws 4,954 Wikipedia views per month (si_base_unit category, ranking #2 of 7).^[2]

Key Facts

• kelvin's instance of is recorded as SI base unit^[3].
• kelvin's instance of is recorded as unit of thermodynamic temperature^[4].
• kelvin's instance of is recorded as UCUM base unit^[5].
• kelvin's instance of is recorded as SI unit with special name^[6].
• kelvin's measured physical quantity is recorded as thermodynamic temperature^[7].
• kelvin's measured physical quantity is recorded as color temperature^[8].
• kelvin's measured physical quantity is recorded as dew point^[9].
• kelvin's measured physical quantity is recorded as Curie temperature^[10].
• kelvin's measured physical quantity is recorded as Debye temperature^[11].
• kelvin's measured physical quantity is recorded as Fermi temperature^[12].
• kelvin's measured physical quantity is recorded as Néel temperature^[13].
• kelvin's measured physical quantity is recorded as superconduction transition temperature^[14].
• William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin is named after kelvin^[15].
• kelvin's Commons category is recorded as Kelvin temperature^[16].
• kelvin's Unicode character is recorded as K^[17].
• kelvin's described by source is recorded as SI Brochure (8th edition)^[18].
• kelvin's different from is recorded as kelvin difference^[19].
• kelvin's different from is recorded as Degrees Kelvin: A Tale of Genius, Invention, and Tragedy^[20].
• kelvin's uses is recorded as zero-based numbering^[21].
• kelvin's conversion to SI unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11579', 'amount': '+1'}^[22].
• kelvin's Wikidata SPARQL query equivalent is recorded as wd:Q11579 p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?source; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. ?item p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?target; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. BIND(?source / ?target as ?value)^[23].
• kelvin's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[24].
• kelvin's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'K'}^[25].
• kelvin's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'К'}^[26].
• kelvin's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'K'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include SI base unit^[3], unit of thermodynamic temperature^[4], UCUM base unit^[5], and SI unit with special name^[6].

Origins

William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin is named after kelvin^[15].

Why It Matters

kelvin draws 4,954 Wikipedia views per month (si_base_unit category, ranking #2 of 7).^[2] kelvin has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] kelvin is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]